Rate My Professor Griffin Pivateau

Pivateau's scholarship investigates employment law's influence on the business environment, with emphasis on employer-employee relationships, worker classification, dispute resolution mechanisms, and restrictions on employee mobility. Notable publications include 'The Worker Classification Dilemma: The IRS Test and the Platform Economy' (Texas Tech Law Review, 2021), 'Prospects and Pitfalls: Confronting Sexual Harassment in the Legal Cannabis Industry' (American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & Law, 2020), 'Opposite Sides of the Same Coin: Worker Classification in the New Economy' (Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, 2019), 'The Prism of Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Lens for Worker Classification' (Baylor Law Review, 2018), and 'Putting the Blue Pencil Down: An Argument for Specificity in Noncompete Agreements' (Nebraska Law Review, 2008). He authored the treatise Oklahoma Employment Law (LexisNexis). His research has been cited by the Federal Trade Commission in its 2024 rule banning noncompete clauses, the Nebraska and Nevada Supreme Courts, the Delaware Court of Chancery, and various federal and state courts. Pivateau has received the Jackson Lewis Employment Law Best Paper Award (2021), Oklahoma State University Regents Distinguished Teaching Award (2017), Greiner Undergraduate Teaching Award (2017), and Richard W. Poole Research Excellence Award (2011). He has presented at Academy of Legal Studies in Business conferences, led study abroad programs in Ireland, Spain, France, and taught international courses. Additionally, he delivers seminars to corporations and human resources professionals on discrimination and employment topics, and serves on university committees such as Faculty Council and the Retirement and Fringe Benefits Committee (Chair, 2018–2020).